Subtle But Beautiful Antique German Hanfleinen (Hemp Linen) Sample Book in fine kuna mola Wonderful old paint

Wonderful old paint

so plenty weighty to keep even a long row of big art books tightly upright

I purchased this and a few other drawings by Edwin Kosarek from a dealer who had purchased a good number of them plus a journal kept by Kosarek

I've never forgotten it as an example of just the sort of mid century studio pottery I love

The other five drawings have nothing on the back of their sheet

Subtle But Beautiful Antique German Hanfleinen (Hemp Linen) Sample Book in fine kuna mola Wonderful old paintThe beauty of this is subtle, but to my sensibilities it is a very lovely thing a booklet of antique German white hemp linen samples, varying one to the next just very slightly by thread count (tightness of the weave.) All are very fine, with a bit of a sheen to the linen, and each with a paper label with handwritten number near the bottom of each. The combination of black cover with handwritten label and straw tie together with page after page of